A response from the former Unification Church has reached the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology in response to the "right to question" exercised for the first time based on the Religious Corporation Law.


After scrutinizing the responses, the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology will exercise the 'right to ask' again next week to determine whether to request a dissolution order.

On November 22nd, the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology exercised its right to question the former Unification Church for the first time under the Religious Corporations Act, requesting that it submit materials related to organizational management, income and expenditure, and property by the 9th. .



The reply from the former Unification Church to this arrived at the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology on the 9th.



It is said that the materials that arrived as answers were for eight cardboard boxes, but the specific contents are not disclosed as ``it affects the investigation.''



After scrutinizing the responses, the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology will hold a religious corporation council on the 14th of this month to determine whether to request a dissolution order, and will promptly exercise the "right to ask" again after that. .



According to the people involved, the next question will be related to the ▽


civil court rulings that acknowledged the illegal acts of the former Unification Church and its followers, and


▽ damage consultations received from the government.



A representative from the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology said, "In practice, it will be difficult to make a decision on the request for a dissolution order by the end of the year. Next, we will focus on determining whether the acts committed by the cult are organized, malicious, or have continuity. I want to ask you a question," he says.

Adoption between believers Additional questionnaire sent to former Unification Church Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare

Regarding the adoption of believers in the former Unification Church, the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare scrutinized the responses to the questionnaire received from the cult, and announced that it was necessary to further confirm the facts on the afternoon of the 9th. I have sent the questionnaire.

In the former Unification Church, adoption by believers with multiple children to believers without children is recommended, and experts point out that there is a possibility of touching on the ``adoption mediation law,'' which prohibits unauthorized mediation business. is out.



In response to this, the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare and the Tokyo Metropolitan Government sent a questionnaire to the cult headquarters last month in order to investigate the actual situation, and a reply arrived on the 5th of this month.



As a result of the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare's close examination of the responses, it became necessary to further confirm the facts, so on the afternoon of the 9th, we sent an additional questionnaire and a document requesting compliance with the law.



The content of the question has not been clarified, but the deadline for answering is the 19th of this month.



Regarding this, the former Unification Church "Family Federation for World Peace and Unification" commented, "We will sincerely answer any additional questions."



In addition, in response to this issue, the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare has instructed prefectures and other bodies to ensure that the law is properly enforced so that no mediation business is

conducted


without permission,


In the event that a child consultation center is consulted about adoption, a notice has been issued requesting that the facts be carefully confirmed and reported.